June 18, 2012: Morning
- First relief, then skepticism as Greece votes for the pro-austerity New Democracy party.
- Sunday elections give Socialists comfortable power seat for reshaping France.
- Taglines sought for new Karl Marx Mastercard.
- Explainer on why until recently Berlin rents have been so cheap.
- Adam Gopnik on Americans' Olympic fervor.
- Interviews with Americans who live in the same towns as Olympic athletes.
- Alex Honnold becomes first to solo climb Yosemite's three biggest rock faces in less than a day.
- Chinese political dissident explains that no one big in China resigns over corruption because everyone is corrupt.
- Pittsburgh restaurant only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.
- New Jersey wines narrowly lose to fine French versions in blind contest; basically, all wine tastes the same.
- Profile of Ira Aldridge, "the first black actor of note."
- Fantastic Jonathan Littel report on life in Ciudad Juárez (subscription required).
- Conan writes Chicago blues songs with schoolchildren.
- New term "newddhists" covers those who seek Buddhism to escape their Blackberries.
- Turns out there is a real word that rhymes with orange: "sporange."